Shin Kyung-sook

Kyung-Sook Shin
Kyung-Sook Shin
Kyung-Sook Shin
Born (1963-01-12) 12 January 1963 (age 61)
Jeongeup, North Jeolla Province, South Korea
OccupationNovelist, Writer
NationalitySouth Korean
Period1985 -
Notable worksPlease Look After Mother (2009)
Notable awardsYi Sang Literary Award
Korean name
Hangul
신경숙
Hanja
申京淑
Revised RomanizationSin Gyeongsuk
McCune–ReischauerSin Kyŏngsuk

Kyung-Sook Shin, also Shin Kyung-sook[1] or Shin Kyoung-sook (Korean신경숙, born 12 January 1963), is a South Korean writer.[2] She was the only South Korean and only woman to win the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 for Please Look After Mom.[3]

  1. ^ "Author Database". LTI Korea. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 25 December 2013.
  2. ^ "신경숙" biographical PDF available at LTI Korea Library or online at: http://klti.or.kr/ke_04_03_011.do# Archived 2013-09-21 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Shin Kyung-sook the First Korean to Win Man Asian Prize" Chosun Ilbo. 26 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-16